Trigger-locking device.



F. SMITH.

TRIGGEB LOCKING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1913- Patend Dec. 1,1914.

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I W15/zalen f /UNITEDSTATESFATENTOFFICE- argentinien SMITH*ior'wotcnsrna, iviiissaciiusiirrs;*Assieme To naaame'ron e i y; -Worcester,'in the county otWorcesterand' "ra-similar view illustrating the' position of *magazine fire-arms, particularly that lclass l-holderl1`whichj'can kbe inserted ini the;.-frame l' 1; ZOand particularly 'of'rthej15511119)referredgto,"y Afn operating hook Fv ispivoted` in the frame 7511 i V557 x "ing, orffor other purposes-before all the jjawl extendingjfover the top of ,the catch. y :y cartridges have heeniredgfso that an un- The hook F is provided Witha shoulder F gfred cartridge willhe lelflt'inothe hre-arm.y adapted to' engage fthe]` frame lto limit its t ,25.Som'etiines when the magazinef'is withdrawn movement to the right," aslshowninthe 8Ov '"535 The invention eonsists'in` providing if a` vleft as shown in Fig; 2, so that the oatchi9f0- RICHARDSON-ARMS.{Gemma-"e @EPURATIONOFrMASSCHUSETTS# 1f# 11;119124, 1 'specmca'tion oftettrsrtentgg E November 1 l :Toalllvhmwr/.COMUNeff .i felefetim;llstratinethelelslietmehanisi1 `Be it known that LITFREDERICK Starring.1n-,theposition"whiehfit assumes when the acitizen ofthe lilnited."States,y residing at r A'gaz1ne-f is-,in .the fire-arm.; and Figi; is

State'ofMassachusetts;'havefinvented"a new thefloelingmechanism when the .magazine 69v 4, and useful Triggerocking DeYCei] rv0f; `S`1,111H10Vdk1 d' 1" i Whiehtheifollowing is a specification." I "detai'lf-fA,designates' the rfllm .and j Thegob'j'ect of thisy invention is -to improve' designates f the magazine 0I- ,Cart'ridge v y M Ork otherkpmeansvto .the sear or f they firing" 15 'invention yis more particularly)[adapted is mechanism. 1 1 1 70l 1 that' type of magazine' firefarm injwhihgthe .1 o y u l y 4 y At'c`at'hlm`de the form-of a 1 t freilejts'theShell, brings@ new cartridee- `purDgisfmgeruwiin a 110i@ bored in :th- 1 11into positiom and cocksj'the,lire-arm.'il franie,}a springgE beingplaced under vthe 1 ;Inrearmsof theclas'js..alo-ove'mentioned;` catchftolrforee,ttlieusame normally upward. j

' under *these c0nditions,gjthe trigger1 is dra1wings,'whereby the upward movement I snapped or the ire-armvis tried by-the per-l 10f thecatch D is limited. VVhenithe catch L [son handling they same,y asiher -is yled to be- D is]y in itsinppermost position,` the ,-fsame f lieve; hy the removaluof the,I'r'iagazine',r that comes inthe path of the trigger G, as shown 30, the fire-arm has'been rendered inoperative. in Fig. 3. yWhen `the parts'. are in this 85 1 :Under these Conditions, yaecidentsgare aptjto positionthe hook Feomes yin the .path lof `OCCHI- 1 i t' y the lmagazine.- iWhen the. magazine is kin- 1 Thefohjectoil this invention isto do away 1 serted inf-,the lire-arm, vit engages the hook y I .withv this danger; 1 1 Fand throws the head' ofthe hooky to the locking meehanismoontrolled by v`the:maga-fgffDjwillhe depressed. When the-Catch is in i, zine and connected so that the Vire-arm'fwill `depressedposition; it is moved. out ofthe *belope'rable only when* the `magazine is in ypath of the trigger. ,By this-arrangement,- j theframeg'lhe lockingJmeehanism prefthe {ire-farm@ will be operable only whenthe miserably arranged to cooperate with the .trig-. inagazinenfis ,4 i n the j.fra1n'e,' and when y the 95, El., r,iger and fconsistswspeciiieallyof a spring'-'yfmagazinefj-is1I-withdrawnfromthe frame, it j i pressedtrigger.engagingcatch and an oper!` `-,will herimpos'sible to pull V.thevtrigger to 1i, atingfhook thereforpivot'ed'inthe frame [operate thefiring mechanism.: j having a shoulder 1iadapted'to rengageV he improvedmech'anism may be applied v, thelframe to limit the movement ofjthe other:ways-tothe hre-arm, and the de- 100 1 1 '1 `catch and set in position: to he v1-engagbed 'by tails "'andfarrangernents yherein 'shown' and `the magazine* so thatf'thel'trigger yw'i'll'lovelf jdescriloedmaybe greatly varied by a skilled pjerableonly-whentl1e;inagazine*i xin the .nieehanie'gwithout departing vfrom the scope. .1 "ffrfa'm'egj f' 1 1f 11T' of the'invention'as expressed in the claim. 1 l f Y59,71fOnellform of they invention isfiljlr trated `,Having"'t1hus fully described' myinven?1 n ,f 'in'ftlie 1,accompa'nyingidrawings;:referringn`tion.,y what I ldesire to securefbyLetters-f *1' 'Figureflis a,sidelgelevationpartly' in fseey Infiafmagazine'i'ire arm," in combination, i tion ofa ytire-arm1withmy*improvement apfla kiframehaving a recess therein, a-ktrigger,f-. 55 pliedtheretogFig. 2 isan-enlargedsectional?a 1earti-idgej magazine removably tted `in 11,0

the frame, and 'a I locking iqriggerjcomprising a 4plimgerV longitudinally movablein seid recess, aJ 'spring tolmove the plunger into tliefliniliy of o vlock it trigger in inoperative position', and" areleaing lever pivoted f endgy Voverlying the gend.v of kth when engageclwby the acgiesaf mg appt-may n; miniem@ device forv saidlto thev frame andhfwing a hook.r Shipped projection "at oneJY n A Said ler-.er magzine being eic-f nelo Witnesses:

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